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When a product’s inventory level drops to zero, i would like the front-end to display a text string that can be customized in the back-end. So instead of just saying “Out of Stock”, the front-end would display whatever text string the admin person typed into a textfield attribute using the admin panel. If the product’s inventory level is above zero, the standard system text string of “In Stock” can stay the same.
Does anyone know how to do this please?
Cheers

When a product’s inventory level drops to zero, i would like the front-end to display a text string that can be customized in the back-end. So instead of just saying “Out of Stock”, the front-end would display whatever text string the admin person typed into a textfield attribute using the admin panel. If the product’s inventory level is above zero, the standard system text string of “In Stock” can stay the same.
Does anyone know how to do this please?
Cheers

When a product’s inventory level drops to zero, i would like the front-end to display a text string that can be customized in the back-end. So instead of just saying “Out of Stock”, the front-end would display whatever text string the admin person typed into a textfield attribute using the admin panel. If the product’s inventory level is above zero, the standard system text string of “In Stock” can stay the same.
Does anyone know how to do this please?
Cheers

You can use a ready-made solution for this - Custom Stock Status Magento extension. Instead of the standard Ã¢â¬ËOut of StockÃ¢â¬â¢ Magento notification, the extension offers you to specify any text and/or images you wish to be displayed on the product page.
Find the complete extension description, screenshots, demo version on the extension page.

Yes this is possible, you can display custom stock messages by using fme’s stock labels extension, you can also create rules which will automatically set theses labels. For more details about the features please visit the extension page on Magento Connect.